A 72-year-old Jersey City man was allegedly slashed across the forehead with a kitchen knife after his roommate returned home intoxicated early Sunday, officials said yesterday.Jersey Journal File Photo

A 72-year-old Jersey City man was allegedly slashed across the forehead with a kitchen knife after his roommate returned home intoxicated early Sunday, officials said yesterday.

Manh Nguyen, 43, of the 200 block of Summit Avenue, was arrested at his home after the 12:28 a.m. incident and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and weapons offenses, a police report says.

Officers responding to the building found the victim in a hallway holding two kitchen knives and “bleeding badly” from a cut to the left side of his forehead, the report says.

Nearby, Nguyen was bleeding from a scratch on the bridge of his nose and a cut on his left cheek, the report says, adding that he smelled of alcohol, was visibly intoxicated and stumbling.

A witness said Nguyen returned home and began screaming and banging on the door of the apartment he shared with the victim, the report says. He said he then heard glass breaking in the apartment before the victim ran out holding a small knife and Nguyen chased him and slashed his forehead with a large kitchen knife, the report says.

The witness said Nguyen then stumbled and dropped the knife which was picked up by the 72-year-old, the report says, adding that the witness and victim held Nguyen for police.

The victim was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment, the report says. Police had trouble speaking to Nguyen and the victim as they spoke little English, the report says.